いちじつせんしう

Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of いちじつせんしう – see the following entry.
一日千秋いちじつせんしゅう
[noun] [from 1897] a strong sense of impatience, that what one hopes for will take forever before it comes to pass: the sense that time has slowed to a crawl
(This term, いちじつせんしう, is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)